How do you get into The Arcane Books and Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. The Arcane Books and Speakeasy is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
Drinks of the era
We have not seen this venue’s own list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Corpse Reviver No. 2, Twentieth Century, and White Lady are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Arcane Books and Speakeasy sits
The Arcane Books and Speakeasy is in Cary, North Carolina, in Wake County, in the South Atlantic of the United States.
This is currently the only verified hidden bar our directory lists in Cary. If you know another, tell us.
North Carolina holds 42 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our North Carolina speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in North Carolina
North Carolina did not wait for the federal government. Statewide prohibition took effect here in 1909, eleven years before the Eighteenth Amendment came into force nationally on 17 January 1920. By the time the Volstead Act was being enforced across the country, North Carolina already had an established illegal trade and the habits that went with it.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in North Carolina.
What the newspapers recorded in North Carolina
Searching the Library of Congress run of North Carolina newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from North Carolina:
- Roanoke Rapids herald, September 30, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, June 2, 1922 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, May 8, 1925 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The independent, March 25, 1927 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach The Arcane Books and Speakeasy by phone on (919) 694-3456, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 210 E Chatham St, Cary, NC 27511. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Arcane Books and Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a books, music and video store.